Why threats to academic freedom are growing – and how universities can respond to intimidation - Kirsten Roberts Lyer on the link between academic freedom violations, human rights, and transnational repression (TNR) theconversation.com/why-threats-...

Sheffield Hallam deserves all the reputational costs coming its way. Universities should adopt the AFIWG model code on academic freedom & internationalisation www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

“Australia has largely refrained from using unilateral sanctions, visa bans, and other accountability measures for perpetrators,” write Grady Vaughan and Andrew Chubb in The Interpreter. https://www.lowyinstitute.org/the-interpreter/closing-gaps-australia-s-approach-transnational-repression

I wanted to share some of the sources and inspirations for my new @jodemocracy.bsky.social essay this week on transnational repression. Like with anything, there are citations but then there's also stuff that doesn't make it into the piece www.journalofdemocracy.org/articles/the...

What’s the global narrative on China? Is its rise seen as positive? Is China-skepticism in the U.S. & Europe part of a broader global backlash? In a new paper, @zhubochubo.bsky.social analyzes 25 years of survey data from 159 countries to track global opinion trends. Key findings below🧵⬇️

Interview with Sinan Çoban on Traveling Through East Turkistan kashgartimes.substack.com/p/interview-...

The challenges of addressing authoritarian transnational repression in democracies - Saipira Furstenberg fpc.org.uk/the-challeng...

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We welcome today’s Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights report on #transnationalrepression in the UK, which suggests several important ways to counter TNR, including by adopting a formal definition, monitoring and recording incidents, training police, and preventing Interpol abuse. (1/3)

Exclusive: China's global favorability rising, views of the U.S. turn negative www.axios.com/2025/06/02/c...

Commentary: China is testing Trump in the South China Sea and the region is watching

Tijdens Trumps eerste termijn had hij weinig aandacht voor de Zuid-Chinese Zee, maar was er ook sprake van accommodatie aan China door de Filipijnse president Duterte. Nu is de situatie anders, schrijft @zhubochubo.bsky.social, en Trump is onvoorspelbaar. www.channelnewsasia.com/commentary/s...

ICIJ investigation of PRC transnational repression, based on interviews with more than 100 people targeted across 23 countries www.icij.org/investigatio...

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Many in the Global South view China favorably, in part due to the Belt and Road Initiative—but not all. Journalist Cindy Yu explores why Iran and Brazil stand out using ASPI Global Public Opinion on China tool by @zhubochubo.bsky.social. #CCA

How have recent incidents in the South China Sea increased scrutiny of the Trump administration's commitment to U.S. allies in the Indo-Pacific? Fellow on Foreign Policy and National Security Andrew Chubb explores in a new paper. Read here⬇️

Ever since @badiucao.bsky.social managed to "show up" in Hong Kong via his art project, he's been called a criminal and threatened with a lawsuit — not by China, but by a European art agency. 40+ rights groups issue a statement. Via @indexoncensorship.org: www.indexoncensorship.org/2025/04/the-...

SCMP: Will #Trump ’s tariffs embolden Beijing in the #Taiwan Strait? “If the current tariff is sustained, & #China is able to weather this difficult period, it will definitely boost Beijing’s confidence in facing potential Western sanctions in a future cross-strait war” #台灣 buff.ly/yc7BpHX

I've got family in Scunthorpe, I know how much the town needs those jobs. I'm glad this is happening for them - but how I wish HE would be given similar consideration. Day after day I see news of cuts, and the shadow of the axe looms over my own institution once again.

And an even richer contribution on the topic, from Victor Ferguson: academic.oup.com/jogss/articl...

China’s New Economic Weapons - Evan Medeiros & Andrew Polk www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... timely..

If you are visiting the United States, having a negative view of Trump is enough to get you denied entry. If this was coming out of Russia or China, we would deplore such an authoritarian attack on freedom of expression.

V helpful for those moving to this platform

The new round of tariffs will create an economic shock for China’s economy. However, regimes like China, especially those that can control the financial system, have great capacity to weather economic shocks. Those interested can read our book press.umich.edu/Books/E/Econ...

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